Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC); Request for Comments Concerning Foreign Government Discrimination in Procurement

概要

This notice requests written submissions from the public concerning discrimination against United States products and services by foreign governments in their procurement practices. This information will be used in compiling the annual report on foreign discrimination in government procurement specified by section 305 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (Trade Agreements Act), as amended by Title VII of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2515). Section 305 of the Trade Agreements Act requires the President to submit an annual report on the extent to which foreign countries discriminate against United States products or services in making government procurements. In the annual report, the President is required to identify any countries that: (a) Are signatories to the GATT Agreement on Government Procurement (Agreement) and are not in compliance with the requirements of the Agreement; (b)(i) Are signatories to the Agreement; (ii) are in compliance with the Agreement, but maintain a significant and persistent pattern or practice of discrimination in the government procurement of products or services from the United States not covered by the Agreement, which